Population health Top 10 healthiest and least healthy cities in the US The country’s healthiest cities are predominantly in one part of the country, and the least healthy cities are in another, according to WalletHub. https://wallethub.com/edu/healthiest-cities/31072/ Feb. 26, 2020Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email What makes a city healthy? A healthy city provides solid access to health care, healthy food and fitness centers and also has ample green spaces for resident use, according to WalletHub, which recently released its ranking of over 170 U.S. cities for healthiness. To compile the rankings, WalletHub ranked each city in 43 areas, each related to health care, food, fitness or green space. The more heavily weighted categories include the premature death rate, fruit and vegetable consumption and the share of adults who engage in any physical activity. Large West Coast cities dominated the top 10 list, while all of the 10 cities at the bottom of the list were in the South, with the exception of Detroit. Below are WalletHub’s 10 healthiest and 10 least healthy cities for 2020. Top 10 healthiest cities, according to WalletHub 1. San Francisco 2. Seattle 3. San Diego 4. Portland, Oregon 5. Washington, DC 6. New York 7. Denver 8. Irvine, California 9. Scottsdale, Arizona 10. Chicago The 10 least healthy cities, according to WalletHub 174. Brownsville, Texas 173. Laredo, Texas 172. Gulfport, Mississippi 171. Shreveport, Louisiana 170. Memphis, Tennessee 169. Montgomery, Alabama 168. Huntington, West Virginia 167. Augusta, Georgia 166. Fort Smith, Arkansas 165. Detroit, Michigan However, when you isolate the health care rankings, some different cities rise to the top and fall to the bottom of the rankings. Top 10 cities for health care, according to WalletHub 1. Overland Park, Kansas 2. Irvine, California 3. Burlington, Vermont 4. Santa Clarita, California 5. Minneapolis, Minnesota 6. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 7. Virginia Beach, Virginia 8. Huntington Beach, California 9. Fremont, California 10. Plano, Texas Bottom 10 cities for health care, according to WalletHub 174. Brownsville, Texas 173. North Las Vegas, Nevada 172. New Orleans 171. Gulfport, Mississippi 170. Detroit 169. Indianapolis 168. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 167. San Bernardino, California 166. Memphis, Tennessee 165. Shreveport, Louisiana For more details, including more information on the ranking’s methodology, see the full report on WalletHub. Related reading: Physician is No. 7 on the U.S. News & World Report Best Jobs 2020 list These docs are happiest outside work More in Lifestyle Top 20 cities for physician retirees Jacksonville, Florida, Martinsville, Virginia, and Bozeman, Montana, top Medscape’s list. These cities have good recreation opportunities, a low cost of living and great health care. How burnout taught me to listen to my body Veronica Nkie, DO, MPH, reflects on exhaustion, self-awareness and the simple, sustainable habits that have helped support her well-being. Previous articleResearchers recommend tapering off of antidepressants rather than abruptly stopping Next articleHow to plan your fourth year of med school
Top 20 cities for physician retirees Jacksonville, Florida, Martinsville, Virginia, and Bozeman, Montana, top Medscape’s list. These cities have good recreation opportunities, a low cost of living and great health care.
How burnout taught me to listen to my body Veronica Nkie, DO, MPH, reflects on exhaustion, self-awareness and the simple, sustainable habits that have helped support her well-being.
They are not measuring where the people are actually healthy, but where people have the best opportunity to be healthy. The title of the article should be changed to reflect that. Mar. 2, 2020, at 1:17 pm Reply